Originally posted by Modas
When my co-workers family pressed him for details on what he worked on, (normal questions like asking if he worked on the sR-71), he just smiled and said that we were WAY beyond that and if we (general public) knew about just a fraction of the stuff the governement has in its inventory (or is working on) we'd be crapping our pants.
well if you think about it rationally, the SR71 is the fastest known plane on the planet.
it flew in the 60's for chrisssakes
you telling me in 40 years, we have come up with GPS locaters, and computers that fit in the palm of your hand, but can't make a better plane??
a buddy of mine was in the nave, did flight prep (i forgot which thing he did specifically but was on aircraft carriers). he told me a few stories he said he was not allowed to tell. he supposedly had to sign papers abotu these things agreeing to prison time if caught peaking about them.
first thing was in the Med near italy. about 2AM the whole ship shook from the blast of a plane or something flying overhead. he was told it was just a regular F14 or some garbage, but being on the ship that long everyone knew that no normal plane had that much turbulence behind it.
second thing was a training course in colorado or utah or something. he saw the "aurora" through a hangar door, again when going to the base his whole group had to sign non-disclosure forms about what the "might" see there.
thats just the drunken words from a buddy i have lost touch with. he did lots of drugs in and after the navy, and is not fully trusted, though he had no reason to lie to me at the time.
